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Hurricane Hilary dropped a record 13 inches of rain in 24 hours on the Mexican state of Baja California Sur before turning into a tropical storm, barreling up the bathwater-hot Gulf of California and bringing record rainfall to Southern California.

As climate warming drives more extreme weather, ‘everything we care about is on the line’

Even for climate scientists who have long warned that climate-fueled extreme weather was coming, the onslaught of recent crises has been nothing short of shocking.

A joyous blood donation by two leaders who toiled to change the nation’s antiquated rules
New rules announced earlier this summer that open blood donation to millions of gay and bisexual men recently went into effect.

After summer away, college students bring the bustle back to Boston
Home to around 30 colleges and universities, Boston hosts more than 150,000 students — around a fifth of the city's total population.

Kali Moulton waved her hand to summon the correct card while performing a magic trick during a Witch City Assembly magic club meeting to recruit new members in Salem. The club started in 1973 but has been hurting for members due to its aging base and a trend by younger magicians to turn to online resources.

You used to see them, now you don’t: In Salem, there’s a magician shortage

For a half-century, the Witch City Assembly has been a booming collective of area magicians. But their numbers have dwindled, and they're seeking recruits.

Boston community leaders denounce weekend violence
Community leaders on Sunday denounced the violence in Boston over the weekend that left eight people injured in a shooting Saturday during an early morning J’ouvert celebration and two more injured in attacks that night.

Eight people shot, one seriously hurt, during J’ouvert fete Saturday morning in Dorchester

City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson mugged while visiting tent encampment near Mass. and Cass

Fernandes Anderson said she was not injured as a man snatched her cellphone from her hand.

Large fights break out at Boston Common movie theater, South Bay shopping center in Dorchester

It was not immediately clear Sunday night how many people were involved or whether anyone was injured. Multiple people were arrested, and investigation is ongoing, Michael Torigian, a Boston police spokesman said.

In Massachusetts, anyone 16 and older can pilot a boat without completing a safety course

In Massachusetts, anyone 16 and older can take to the water with no boater education, belying the state’s reputation for regulatory oversight and raising concerns that young boaters are not adequately prepared.

Carlson drops out of R.I. congressional race amid controversy over conduct with student

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings

What we know about the Jacksonville killings

Malik Cunningham (center) has been learning the ropes at wide receiver after playing quarterback in college.

Will these Patriot hopefuls have their roster bubble burst?

The Patriots have already started to trim their roster down ahead of Tuesday’s cutdown deadline, but several critical moves are still to come.

Patriots release 11 players; cutdown day is Tuesday

Mookie Betts finished his first series back in Boston 7 for 15 with three extra-base hits, five runs, and four RBIs.

Peter Abraham | Dodgers 7, Red Sox 4

Mookie Betts takes care of business in return to Fenway Park and shows Red Sox exactly what they’re missing

For all the handshakes and hugs this weekend, Betts was a cold-blooded terminator between the lines.

Red Sox can’t hang with Dodgers, drop series finale

Gold medal-winner Simone Biles took the top spot at the podium between silver medalist Shi Jones (left) and Leanne Wong, who captured bronze.

Simone Biles wins a record eighth US Championship, at age 26 and a decade after claiming her first title

Biles became the oldest woman to win a national title since USA Gymnastics began organizing the event in 1963. Her eight crowns moved her past Alfred Jochim, who won seven between 1925-33.

Opinion

Washington Street near Temple Place, 1900. The author argues that at its best, Boston has used density and diversity to cultivate innovation.

IDEAS | DANIEL P. DAIN

Boston’s future depends on whether we remember lessons from the past

In the 19th century, this was a fast-growing Athens of America. But vital attributes of that era were soon forgotten.

Victory, not détente, is the right American strategy toward Beijing

Graying of Massachusetts prisons cries out for a dose of compassion

Doctors shouldn’t be overcharged for electronic payments

Two views on Councilor Kendra Lara

News you can use

Bright planets and a blue moon: A fall stargazing guide for beginners
Saturn will be at opposition this weekend, meaning the ringed planet will be at its closest approach to the Earth and fully illuminated by the sun.

Are we actually experiencing a COVID spike? Take a look at the data.
Plenty of data remain publicly accessible to determine whether COVID is actually on the upswing.

A back-to-school tech tuneup: Here’s what to know about your devices and software
It’s time to prep your gadgets and programs for the year ahead.

More recent News

Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say
Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida.

LOVE LETTERS

They just want to be friends
What am I doing wrong?

14-year-old boy arrested with rifle in Hyde Park
Officers from the Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike Force were conducting a missing person investigation for the teen, whose name was not released because he is a minor, near 6 Alwin St. when they learned that he also was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant, officials said.

Woody Kaplan, an activist ‘unafraid to stand up for the unpopular,’ dies at 80
Mr. Kaplan's causes included free speech, atheism, marriage equality, and reproductive rights. Affluent himself, he thought he and everyone else who is wealthy should be taxed more.

Child injured in Marlborough hit-and-run; SUV driver sought by police
At around 11:45 a.m., a westbound driver in an SUV hit a child on a bicycle near 300 Boston Post Road East, then fled the scene, taking a right turn into the back entrance of Ghiloni Park, police said.

MUSIC REVIEW

At Leader Bank Pavilion, Alex G and Alvvays hold an indie rock summit
With Alex G and Alvvays releasing arguably their best records yet in 2022, the co-headlining tour that stopped in Boston Friday night had the air of a well-earned celebration.

Recommended reads

Marblehead Superintendent John Buckey was forced to resign from his post just one month after the School Committee gave him a favorable performance review.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

In Marblehead, furor and speculation reign over an ousted school superintendent

Just as school boards have become the center of culture wars across the country, so too have superintendents, caught up in clashes among political factions around issues such as book bans, critical race theory, sex education, and gender identity.

Cambridge doesn’t allow chickens. This couple are fighting to keep theirs.
Susan and Robert Filene hired a lawyer to appeal the city's fines and have been inviting Cambridge officials over to meet their chickens — six city councilors and the mayor have visited so far.

N.C. in N.H.: Rare Wyeth painting found in thrift store to be auctioned off for $250,000
A woman browsing through a Savers thrift store in Manchester, N.H., in August 2017 found the painting, but took years to learn of its value, according to a spokesperson for Bonhams Skinner auction house in Marlborough.

Biden has presided over a factory boom. But in an Ohio town where two are being built, he doesn’t get much credit.
In this particular sliver of red America — where Donald Trump overwhelmingly won in both his presidential runs — residents aren’t giving Biden much credit for the new Intel factories and the jobs coming with them.

Culture & Lifestyle

Singer Molly Rankin and lead guitarist Alec O'Hanley perform with Alvvays at Leader Bank Pavilion.

At Leader Bank Pavilion, Alex G and Alvvays hold an indie rock summit

Because of the strikes, few series are returning this fall, but season six of "The Crown," with Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, is likely to be an exception.

On TV, fall will lack its usual grandeur

“New Growth 2” by Gio Swaby, 2021. Collection of Rasheed Newson.

At Peabody Essex Museum, Gio Swaby’s virtuosic portraits of Black women in thread and fabric

Jeremy Eichler is the author of "Time's Echo." He will be at Brookline Booksmith this Thursday at 7 p.m. .

Author readings around Boston Aug. 27-Sept. 2

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Boys sold packets of tissue paper to a man along a street in Amritsar, India, on July 28.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Should children be allowed to work?

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy talked to members of the media on Wednesday after the first debate of the GOP primary season hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee.

Why Vivek Ramaswamy is catching on in New Hampshire and beyond

Ayana Parsons, a partner at the Fearless Fund, spoke during a news conference on Aug. 10 in New York. Attorneys for the Atlanta-based venture capital firm being sued over a grant program investing in Black women have vowed to fight back against the lawsuit, calling it misguided and frivolous.

Workplace is the next battleground in affirmative action fight

The area known as Mass. and Cass.

With crisis at Mass. and Cass, officials can’t only plan for tomorrow

Luna, 19 months, her brother Fritz, 17, and their mother Sergeline (not pictured) were placed in a hotel room in Boston, May 2. The migrants from Haiti arrived from the Boston Medical Center’s temporary shelter in a waiting room there.

Timothy Scalona

The myth of right to shelter in Massachusetts

"This city is special," the author writes, "and Boston, so restrained in emotion, deserves to hear this more often."

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson mugged while visiting tent encampment near Mass. and Cass

Fernandes Anderson, who was not injured, said in an interview Sunday that she made an unscheduled solo visit to the site to “see for myself what I would be voting on,” referring to a new plan put forward by Mayor Michelle Wu that would authorize police to clear tent encampments.

Boston community leaders denounce weekend violence

Community leaders on Sunday denounced the violence in Boston over the weekend that left eight people injured in a shooting Saturday during an early morning J’ouvert celebration and two more injured in attacks that night.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, renegade mercenary chief who rattled Kremlin

Mr. Prigozhin had long leveraged a close relationship with the Kremlin to gain lucrative government construction and catering contracts, and he built up the paramilitary force, known as Wagner, in close cooperation with Russia’s military intelligence services.

14-year-old boy arrested with rifle in Hyde Park

Officers from the Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike Force were conducting a missing person investigation for the teen, whose name was not released because he is a minor, near 6 Alwin St. when they learned that he also was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant, officials said.

Sports

Megan Khang shot 2-over-par 74 in the final round to finish at 9-under 279.

Rockland’s Megan Khang wins her first LPGA title, holding off World No. 4 Jin Young Ko in a playoff

Khang made par on the first extra hole to become the sixth American to win this season.

Viktor Hovland raised the FedEx Cup title and earned $18 million.

Viktor Hovland finishes off the best two weeks of his golf career by capturing the FedEx Cup title

He closed with a 7-under-par 63, the lowest score by the winner in Tour Championship history.

Gold medal-winner Simone Biles took the top spot at the podium between silver medalist Shi Jones (left) and Leanne Wong, who captured bronze.

Simone Biles wins a record eighth US Championship, at age 26 and a decade after claiming her first title

Biles became the oldest woman to win a national title since USA Gymnastics began organizing the event in 1963. Her eight crowns moved her past Alfred Jochim, who won seven between 1925-33.

Dolphins receiver Daewood Davis out of hospital after being carted off field

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Mookie Betts takes care of business in return to Fenway Park and shows Red Sox exactly what they’re missing

TRACK AND FIELD

Yaroslava Mahuchikh closes track worlds with a poignant conclusion: Gold for Ukraine

Business

Top US and Chinese commerce officials express support for better trade conditions

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart have expressed support for improving trade conditions as Raimondo begins a visit to Beijing as part of US efforts to improve chilly relations.

Power returns to most of Kenya after a 14-hour outage, longest in recent memory, shuts down airport

Electricity was being restored in most parts of Kenya on Saturday, 14 hours after the longest outage in recent memory, the majority government-owned power distributor said.

Weight-loss drug Wegovy reduces heart failure symptoms in obese patients

Instacart files for IPO

magazine

Pot prices have tanked. Dispensaries are closing. Is a great crash coming?

Ysabel Garcia at her happy place, The Artist Cafe in Springfield.

Ysabel Garcia knows the danger of a mental health crisis. She has a lifesaving message.

This week's daters: Liz and Jon.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I could definitely spot her smile in the crowd’

Shutting up and listening is a superpower

metro

A new PSA warns drivers not to be like this driver, who got stuck under a bridge on Storrow Drive.

State releases spoof video about ‘Storrowing’ set to Sarah McLachlan’s ‘Angel’

A joyous blood donation by two leaders who toiled to change the nation’s antiquated rules

After summer away, college students bring the bustle back to Boston

sports

Tanner Houck battled to keep the Dodgers off the scoreboard for three innings Sunday, but James Outman (rear) hit one into the Red Sox bullpen in the fourth, giving the Dodgers a lead they would never relinquish.

Red Sox rotation has its bodies back, but remains deeply lacking

Safety is looking like a position of strength for Patriots

Patriots release 11 players; cutdown day is Tuesday

business

John Pepper, the founder and former CEO of Boloco, pictured at the Boylston Street location of the fast-food restaurant in October 2014.

Boston burrito chain Boloco is closing most of its stores by year’s end

SJC sides with Galvin over Robinhood in legal fight over stockbroker standards

Boston marketing-tech firm Klaviyo files for IPO, discloses profitability

politics

President Biden.

Biden and Harris will meet with King’s family on 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

Trump lawyers back in DC court as two sides differ over trial date in election subversion case

Biden is widely seen as too old for office, an AP-NORC poll finds. Trump’s got other problems

Nation

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Judge to hear arguments on Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia election case to federal court

Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say

What we know about the Jacksonville killings

World

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, second right, speaks during a meeting with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao, second left, at the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing, on Aug. 28.

Top US and Chinese commerce officials express support for better trade conditions

Russia says Ukraine fired drones at three regions

More than 600 firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft struggle to control wildfires in Greece

opinion

A tagged horseshoe crab spawned at Reeds Beach in Cape May Court House, N.J., on June 13.

Horseshoe crabs have roamed the planet for 450 million years, but they could be running out of time

On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, ‘where do we go from here?’

The myth of right to shelter in Massachusetts

lifestyle

They just want to be friends

50th Caribbean American Carnival brings ‘all the flavor’ to Franklin Park

He’s given me a year to move

food & dining

Siblings Sadaf and Maryam serve a customer during an Afghan pop-up dinner at Fiore’s Bakery in July. The event was a fund-raiser for the food business their family hopes to start in Boston.

Through pop-ups, an Afghan family forges a path forward

Boston burrito chain Boloco is closing most of its stores by year’s end

Nan Xiang Express brings its soup dumplings to Chinatown, and ‘Christmas in September’ comes to Allston

travel

Most people think of the mountains as a fall color fiesta. Consider the Maine coast — Camden is no slouch, with views like this.

Which coastal Maine town is actually better in the fall? (Hint: It has a fairy-tale castle.)

Provincetown’s Gifford House was on life support. Now the historic inn is making a queer comeback.

Where’s the $10,954 insurance check for my canceled tour?

Arts

“New Growth 2” by Gio Swaby, 2021. Collection of Rasheed Newson.

At Peabody Essex Museum, Gio Swaby’s virtuosic portraits of Black women in thread and fabric

‘Blue Beetle,’ Latino representation, and the danger of a single superhero story

Jewish Arts Collaborative’s ‘Be the Change’ offers mixed-media public art with mixed results

Books

Illustration from "'Slowly, Slowly, Slowly' Said the Sloth" by Eric Carle.

A celebration of gardening in new poetry anthology; new exhibition at Eric Carle Museum highlights wildlife and the natural world; National Endowment for the Humanities announces 2023 grant winners

The making of a poet and musician in Don Paterson’s eloquent memoir

Author readings around Boston Aug. 27-Sept. 2

Movies

Helen Mirren in "Golda."

‘Golda’: When smoke gets in your eyes

Paramount+ releases ‘Good Burger 2′ trailer

Hollywood studios disclose their offer on day 113 of writers strike

Television

Bob Barker in 2004.

Bob Barker, courtly host of ‘The Price Is Right,’ has died

Expect animated Barbie series to toy with viewers

On TV, fall will lack its usual grandeur

music

Singer Molly Rankin and lead guitarist Alec O'Hanley perform with Alvvays at Leader Bank Pavilion.

At Leader Bank Pavilion, Alex G and Alvvays hold an indie rock summit

Brandeis plans to shutter PhD programs in music

A spirited Bruce Springsteen shows Gillette who’s Boss

Theater/Dance

France's Compagnie Käfig performs "Pixel" at Jacob's Pillow in Becket

Dance and digital effects merge in Compagnie Käfig’s imaginative ‘Pixel’ at Jacob’s Pillow

‘The Ding Dongs’: When that doorbell rings, watch out

Old and new at the Pillow

Health

Research nurse Sarah French checks on Rodolfo Almeida of Providence at The Miriam Hospital's new Stephen and Diana Lewinstein Center for Innovative Cancer Research, a clinical area where patients receive investigational cancer treatments.

Changing the landscape of cancer care in R.I.: Lifespan, Brown to seek NCI designation

To better understand alcohol addiction, new research is turning to fruit flies

Stanford president to resign after investigation finds he failed to ‘decisively and forthrightly’ correct research

Obituaries

Mr. Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, in March.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, renegade mercenary chief who rattled Kremlin

Woody Kaplan, an activist ‘unafraid to stand up for the unpopular,’ dies at 80

Bob Barker, courtly host of ‘The Price Is Right,’ has died